Shade and curtain bracket.



G. H. KOEKEE.

SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

APPLICATION IILED APB..1,1914.

1,107,317, Patented Aug.18,1914. Ti .1. 7 7 1 g j 1! V w h 4 THE AORRIS PETERS 60.. PHom-LITHQ. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

CARL H. KOEKER, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL H. KoEKnR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade and Ourtain Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to house decoration and particularly to window curtain and blind supports.

The object of the invention is to simplify the structure as well as the means and mode of operation of such devices, whereby they will not only be cheapened in construction, but will be more efficient in use, universal in application and unlikely to get out of repair.

A further object of the invention is to provide brackets in which may be supported simultaneously two roller blinds of different character, a curtain pole and one or more rods for draperies or other decorative material.

In some localities it is the custom to provide an inclosure or boxing at the top of the window frame around the blind and curtain supports. This boxing or casing is usually supported upon the window frame independent of the curtain and blind supports.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a curtain and blind support adapted to simultaneously support such a casing or boxing.

With the above primary and other inci dental objects in view, as will more fully appear in the specification, the invention consists of the parts and combinations thereof and the mode of operation or their equivalents as hereinafter described and set forth in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of a window frame to which the supports forming the subject matter hereof are secured, together with the blinds, the curtain pole, drapery rods and the boxing or casing supported upon the bracket. Figs. 2 and 3 are perspective views of the opposite bracket members forming a pair, a portion of the boxing or casing being shown supported upon the bracket in Fig. 8. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views of the sockets for the drapery rods in the opposite members of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 1, 1914.

-ings are now in common Patented Aug. 18, 1914. Serial No. 828,762.

pair of brackets. Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are side elevations of modifications of the bracket construction shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughout the several views.

The brackets or supports forming the sub ject matter hereof are preferably stamped from sheet metal and may be made in various ornamental. forms differing in outline from those shown in the drawings without departing from the spirit of the invention so long as such brackets contain the features hereinafter set forth in the claims.

The bracket members are formed L shaped being provided with a lateral wing I extending perpendicular to the main portion 2 of the bracket. Both the wing l and the main portion 2 are provided with holes 3 for attachment screws. The bracket or support may be attached to the Wall by nails or screws inserted through the holes 3 in the lateral wing l or they may be attached to the frame of the window by the screws inserted through the holes 3 of the main portion 2 of the bracket or support. In either method of attachment the right angled form provides a firm support for the bracket upon bOtllll the window frame and the adjacent wa Located in one of the bracket members are annular bosses 4t offset both laterally and vertically in relation one with the other forming bearings for the trunnions of the window blind roller. The opposite bracket member as shown in Fig. 2 is provided with corresponding bearing members 5 in the form of notched pockets to receive the opposite trunnion of the curtain roller. The particular form of these bearings form no part of the present invention assueh bearuse in connection with roller blinds of the Hartshorn type. Such bearings, however, as now used, are formed singly upon the brackets. v

The bracket 2 is extended beyond the bearings 4 and 5 and is provided with an opening 6 for the reception of the curtain pole. In the drawings the opening has been shown circular in form. It is obvious however that in lieu of this form of opening the material may be cut away at the top of the openingforming a hook shaped notch or recess within which the pole may be laid.

Below the pole opening 6 there are located within the bracket portion 2 a plurality of sockets 7 and 8 for the reception of transverse drapery rods 9. These sockets are formed by stamping from the section of material forming the bracket portion 2 a projecting rim or flange 10 which projects perpendicular to the plane of the bracket portion 2 leaving wlthin the opening from which such flange material is removed a projecting tongue 11 which extends in a plane common with the portion 2 of the bracket and forms an end stop for the drapery rod 9. As shown in detail in Fig. l the sockets 7 of one bracket member are formed to extend annularly almost entirely around the end of -the drapery rod 9.

The socket 8 of the opposite bracket member as shown in detail in Fig. 5 is substantially U shaped. This construction permits one end of the drapery rod 9 to be inserted within the socket 7 and the opposite end to be thereafter laid within the 'U shaped socketS. The sockets 7 and 8 support the rods 9 while the projecting tongues 11 limit the longitudinal movement of the rods within the sockets. The sockets may be ofany desired shape. In the drawings two of the drapery rod sockets have been shown annular in form while the intermediate socket has been shown rectangular.

At the extremity of the bracket there is provided a spur or finger 12 over which is in the drawings the brackets engaged a staple or eye 13 projecting from the inner side of the casing or boxing 14:. This casing or boxing is formed from molding and consistsof a front section and two end sections extending at right angles to the front. The casing or boxing is hung upon the spur or finger 12 by the eye or staple 13, whereby it may be readily detached to permit more easy access to the curtains or draperies. A portion of the bracket memher is extended as at 15 to a point in vertical alinement with the spur or finger 12 to form a supportagainst which the front section of the boxing or casing rests. Vhile as shown are designed to simultaneously support several drapery rods and blinds and the curtain pole, it is not necessary that these all be used at the same time.

The device is intended for permanent attachment to the window casing to obviate the necessity for changing the support each time the window decoration is varied.

Figs. 6, 7 and 8 show modifications embodying thesame forms of bearings and sockets heretofore described, but containing different combinations of such bearings or brackets and having different outlines or shapes. The construction shown in Fig. 6 differs from that .of Figs. 1, 2 and 3 in that one of the bearings 4 have been omitted. The construction shown in Fig. 7 differs from Fig. 6 by omitting the curtain pole.

support 6. The construction disclosed in Fig. 8 differs from the preceeding constructions by omitting the drapery rod sockets.

From the above description it will be apparent that there is provided a device of the character described, possessing the particularfeatures of advantage before enumerated as desirable, but which is obviously susceptible of modification in its form, proportion, detail construction or arrangement of parts, without departing from the principle involved or sacrificing any of its advantages.

WVhile in order to comply with the statute, the invention has been described in language more or less specific as to certain structural features, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to any specific details, but that the means and construction herein described comprise but one mode of putting the invention into efiect, and the invention is therefor claimed broadly in any of its possible forms or modifications within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim,

1. A window bracket comprising a plate, a plurality of roller blind sockets formed in said plate in offset relation both vertically and horizontally in relation one with the other, a plurality of drapery rod sockets each comprising a flange of material formed from the material of the plate extended into a position substantially perpendicular to the plane thereof, and a tongue of the plate material projecting into the opening formed b the removal of the flange material in a' p ane common with the plate, said plate having an opening therein for the reception of a curtain pole, and a terminal spur on said bracket to support an inclosing casing.

2. A Window bracket comprising a plate, a socket therein formed from the material of the plate by extending a rim of the material substantially perpendicular to the plane of the plate and a tongue of the material locatedin the plane of the plate and projecting into the opening formed by the removal of the material forming the rim.

3. A window bracket comprising a plate, a socket therein formed by perforating the plate to form a tongue ofv material extending in the plane of the plate and bending the material adjacent to the tongue to a position substantially perpendicular to the plane of the plate.

4- A bracket of the character described having a recess therein to receive a curtain or drapery rod and a stop extending into alinement with the recess to limit the end movement of the rod therein.

5. A bracket for the purpose specified, including a plate adapted to be attached to a supporting structure, a socket projecting beyond the plane of the plate, adapted to receive a curtain or drapery rod, and a stop projecting into alinement With the socket to the rod integral with the plate alined With limit the end movement of the rod. the socket. 10 6. A bracket for the purpose specified,-in- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set eluding a plate adapted to be attached to a my hand this 28 day of March, 191%.

supporting structure, a socket for a curtain CARL H. KOEKER.

or drapery rocl formed by projecting a por- Witnesses:

tion of the material of the plate out of the F. L. \VALKER,

normal plane thereof, and an end stop for A. R. NEFF.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

